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ENGAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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Monday 15 August
S10 ENGAGING COMMUNITIES: SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT I
Chair: Paul Martyn Queensland Dept of Natural Resource & Mines, Brisbane, Australia
Room: P2
10.40am Development of a Typology of Engagement in Natural Resource Management for the Western Catchments of South East Queensland Tim Smith CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, St Lucia, Australia
11.00am Building Grassroots Participation in NRM – A Case Study James McKee NRM Consulting, Toowoomba, Australia & Phillip McCullough Eureka Consulting, Toowoomba, Australia
11.20am Changing the Narrative in a Watershed: an Alternative to Watershed Restoration Through Public Works Steve Johnson Portland State University, Portland, USA
11.40am Under pressure – A Story of Engagement and Innovation that Resulted in Greater Protection of the International Icon, the Great Barrier Reef Belinda Jago Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Australia
S22 ENGAGING COMMUNITIES: SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT II
Chair: Maria O’Leary Queensland Dept of Natural Resources & Mines, Brisbane, Australia
Room: P1
2.10pm The Far End of the Engagement Ladder Suzanne Hoverman & Michelle Walker Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Brisbane, Australia
2.30pm The Australian Landcare Movement – A Success or a Failure? Louise Duxbury Green Skills Inc, Denmark, Australia
2.50pm Cultural Capital and Development – The Dynamics of Change in a Small Coastal Community Carol Patterson University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania

Tuesday 16 August
S48 ENGAGING COMMUNITIES: SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT III
Chair: Paul Martyn Queensland Dept of Natural Resources & Mines, Brisbane, Australia
Room: M1
11.30am A Case Study in Effective Public Participation in the Development of Public Sector Policy: The Quinninup Water Source Protection Plan Marion Burchell Water and Rivers Commission, East Perth, Australia
11.50am A ThinkTank for Capacity Learnings: Motivating Continued Engagement for Long-Term Natural Resource Management Annie Bolitho Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne, Australia
12.10pm Public Values and Government Decision-Making: An Investigation of Stakeholder Perceptions of Public Participation in Natural Resource Management Planning Simon Hill Land Use Research Centre, USQ, Darling Heights, Australia
S49 ENGAGING COMMUNITIES: SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IV
Chair: Alison Moore Queensland Dept of Natural Resources & Mines, Brisbane, Australia
Room: M2
11.30am Talk Until the Talking Starts – Resolving Conflict Through Dialogue Greg Claydon Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Brisbane, Australia
& Leith Boully Lower Balonne Ministerial Water Resources Advisory Council, Dirranbandi, Australia & Bruce McCollum Border Rivers Food & Fibre, Goondiwindi, Australia & Tom Vanderbyl SunWater, Brisbane, Australia
11.50am Six Reasons not to Engage: Compromise, Confrontation and the Commons James Whelan Griffith University and Coastal CRC, Nathan, Australia
12.10pm Working Hard for the Environment: When Will Citizens Engage in Environmental Activism? Kelly Fielding The University of Queensland, Ipswich Campus, Australia
S60 MAJOR PANEL – HARNESSING THE POWER OF THE COMMUNITY FOR SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES PROUDLY SUPPORTED BY BHP BILLITON – CANNINGTON MINE
Chair: Minister for Natural Resources & Mines, Queensland Government, Brisbane, Australia
Room: GH3/Door 9
  Don Henry Australian Conservation Foundation, Melbourne, Australia
  Ian Keirnan Clean up Australia, Glebe, Australia
  Speaker to be confirmed
S81 ENGAGING COMMUNITIES: SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT V
Chair: Maria O’Leary Queensland Dept of Natural Resources & Mines, Brisbane, Australia
Room: M5&6
4.00pm Developing Multisectoral Capacity – Water as a Health Issue in Regional Australia Victoria Kearney Macquarie University, Greenacre, Australia
4.20pm Queensland Rural Water Use Efficiency Initiative (RWUEI) and Its Demonstrated Role In Community Engagement with the Irrigation Industry John Okello-Okanya Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Brisbane, Australia
4.40pm Talking Water Reform Anne Stuart Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Brisbane, Australia
5.00pm Poverty Alleviation – a Push towards Unsustainability in Bangladesh? Amzad Hossain Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia

Wednesday 17 August
S100 ENGAGING COMMUNITIES IN SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT VI
Chair: Mark McConnell Queensland Dept of Communities, Brisbane, Australia
Room: P2
11.00am “Ready, Set, Go!”: Using the ‘Community-readiness’ Method to Engage Social Networks for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in the Queensland Murray Darling Basin David Grasby Land Use Research Centre, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia
11.20am Community Engagement as a Tool to Support Conservation Outcomes In Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea Modi Pontio Conservation International, Alotau, Papua New Guinea
11.40am Living Landscapes: Lessons from the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia Anne Smith Greening Australia WA, Northam, Australia
12.00pm Managing Pests without Pesticides G.V. Ramanjaneyulu Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Tarnaka, India
S123 ENGAGING COMMUNITIES TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Room: CO-1.39
1.30pm Opening Speaker to be confirmed
1.45pm A Model for Achieving Sustainable Improvement and Innovation in Regions Richard Clark Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Brisbane, Australia & Jose Bacusmo Leyte State University, Philippines & Baldwin Nengovhela Agricultural Research Council, South Africa
2.05pm Effective Regional Improvement and Innovation Networks – Critical Success Factors and Critical Failure Factors Elenita Espinosa Leyte Improvement and Innovation Network, Philippines & Percy Madzivhandila Agricultural Research Council, South Africa & Janice Timms Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Brisbane, Australia
2.25pm Effective Community Irrigation Associations – Participatory Approaches for Effective Engagement David Swete Kelly Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program, Philippines & Fe Gabunada Leyte State University, Philippines
2.45pm Designing and Managing R&D Projects to Achieve Outcomes from the Outset Richard Clark Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Brisbane, Australia & Ephraim Matjuda Agricultural Research Council, South Africa
3.05pm Synthesising Key Insights and Lesson from the Presentations Facilitated by Helena Bond, Andrew McCartney & Paul Stewart Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland, Australia